Two new early miocene thylacines from Riversleigh northwestern Queensland

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 367-377

  Muirhead, Jeanette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carnivore; Marsupial; Miocene; Queensland; Riversleigh; Thylacine

Indexed keywords

MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; MIOCENE; NGAMALACINUS TIMMULVANEYI; THYLACINE; WABULACINUS RIDEI;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND, RIVERSLEIGH;

EID: 0031445597     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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